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Study raises questions about ‘gender-affirming care’

Philip Tomchyshyn: Though gender confusion in minors typically subsides without invasive treatment, gender confused minors are at a higher risk of committing suicide than their peers. It has been proposed that suicide rates can be decreased if confused adolescents receive cross-sex medical interventions, particularly through the prescription of puberty blockers and sex hormones. Several organizations, including the World Professional Association for Transgender [...]

admin2022-07-20T09:26:26-04:00July 20, 2022|Marriage and Family, Society & Culture|

Canada birth rate hits all-time low

Paul Tuns: Statistics Canada released data May 31 showing that the average birth rate for women has decreased to a record-low 1.4 children per woman of child-bearing age, down from the previous low of 1.47 in 2019; 2.1 children per woman of child-bearing age is considered the natural replacement rate for a population. Canada’s population has grown 5.2 per cent since 2016 [...]

admin2022-07-19T15:28:56-04:00July 19, 2022|Demography, Population|

Career & Family

Women’s Century-Long Journey Toward Equity Claudia Goldin (Princeton, $38, 325 pages): Harvard economics professor Claudia Goldin’s Career & Family: Women’s Century-Long Journey Toward Equity examines the career and family decisions women make as they try to narrow both the wage gap in the workplace and experience equitable sharing of responsibilities in the home. The most important insight Goldin makes is that [...]

admin2022-07-15T10:56:25-04:00July 15, 2022|Marriage and Family, Reviews, Society & Culture|

Handing Down the Faith

Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk (Oxford, $33, 148 pages) Sociologists Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk distill American research based on 215 in-depth personal interviews and two surveys of a nationally representative sample of parents to determine what it takes for religious parents to inculcate their children in their [...]

admin2022-07-14T11:04:11-04:00July 14, 2022|Religion, Reviews|

Halton Catholic trustees oppose pro-life motion

Philip Tomchyshyn: On May 17, Halton Catholic District School Board trustee Helena Karabela proposed a motion to alter the board’s fundraising policies by recognizing the sanctity of life. The motion, “Upholding the Sanctity of Life in Fundraising Services at the Halton Catholic District School Board – Embryonic Stem Cell Research,” stated “that the Halton Catholic District School Board because it is a [...]

admin2022-07-15T09:46:12-04:00July 14, 2022|Politics, Society & Culture|

Chesterton on the Family

The Story of the Family: G.K. Chesterton on the Only State that Creates and Loves Its Own Citizens edited by Dale Ahlquist (Ignatius, $17.95, 237 pages) Paul Tuns Review Despite writing a century ago about the maladies afflicting the family and thus the whole of society, G.K. Chesterton still seems relevant, an insightful critic of the intellectual, economic, and cultural challenges that [...]

Intern2022-07-16T12:27:55-04:00July 13, 2022|Marriage and Family, Reviews|

CLC urges supporters to only vote for Leslyn Lewis

Lewis is the only pro-life candidate among six vying for Tory leadership Paul Tuns: Of the six contenders for the Conservative leadership, only one, MP Leslyn Lewis, has been rated pro-life by Campaign Life Coalition. CLC was hoping that former Ontario MPP Roman Baber would be a viable down-ballot candidate for pro-lifers because he has vowed to allow MPs to vote their [...]

Intern2022-07-13T10:09:31-04:00July 13, 2022|Abortion, Politics|

The 14th Amendment

Oswald Clark: Both sides claim the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution for their side. The main text of the Amendment, which is known as the “Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses,” states: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of [...]

Intern2022-07-12T14:34:07-04:00July 12, 2022|Abortion|

U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

Decision returns abortion to be decided by elected representatives Oswald Clark and Paul Tuns: On June 24, in a 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld a Mississippi law that banned abortion after 15 weeks, with the majority opinion, joined by five justices, holding that abortion is not a constitutionally protected right [...]

Intern2022-07-12T14:28:35-04:00July 12, 2022|Abortion|

Easy Chocolate Cake Recipe Simple, Moist & Delicious

ContentConheça os benefícios do Google Drive para computador Para encontrar rápidamente tus archivos o carpetas importantes, puedes añadirlos a la sección "Destacados". Para subir o crear archivos o carpetas, puedes usar el botón "Nuevo". Para inmediato nystex ver los archivos que otras personas han compartido contigo, ve a Compartido conmigo. Puedes subir archivos de tu ordenador o crearlos en Google Drive. Conheça [...]

admin2022-07-08T10:46:07-04:00July 8, 2022|Issues|

Crazy Time Casino: Una Guida Completa per Giocatori Italiani

ContentI segreti del gioco d’azzardo svelati al casinòUn’occhiata da vicino alle piattaformeGiocare Gratuitamente Alle Slot Machine Mentre la ruota gira vorticosamente, non perdere d’occhio lo schermo sopra di essa, dove scorrono due rulli come in una slot machine. Questi determinano casualmente il moltiplicatore o il bonus che si attiveranno a fine giro. Crazy time come funziona è inoltre possibile fare soldi da [...]

admin2022-06-24T17:06:24-04:00June 24, 2022|Issues|

And then there was this – June 2022

Population collapse in South Korea In the May issue, editor Paul Tuns wrote about “the social consequences of the housing affordability crisis” in Canada. A look into similar problems in South Korea, outlined by the Population Research Institute (Athan Clark, “Sunset in South Korea”), might give Canadians pause at the direction our country is going. Koreans very rarely marry and have children. [...]

admin2022-06-15T12:25:35-04:00June 15, 2022|Abortion, Society & Culture|

Bishop bars Pelosi from Communion

Oswald Clark: On May 20, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone wrote to Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, whose congressional district is in the prelate’s archdiocese, to inform her that as a pro-abortion politician she can no longer present herself for Holy Communion when she is in San Francisco. He wrote that the Roman Catholic Church has been “clear and [...]

admin2022-06-14T09:30:40-04:00June 14, 2022|Abortion, Politics, Religion|

Conservatives, Liberals oppose Bloc motion to end parliamentary prayer

Interim Staff: On May 10, the Bloc Québecois put forward a motion to eliminate the daily morning prayer that begins the House of Commons proceedings. It was defeated the next day in a 266-56 vote, with Conservative and Liberal MPs voting against the motion, while the Bloc and majority of NDP MPs voting to support it. According to the House of Commons [...]

admin2022-06-14T09:25:44-04:00June 14, 2022|Politics, Religion|

Does she look like a criminal to you?

Josie Luetke: Interim writer, Josie Luetke, Talk Turkey The news about the potential overturn of Roe v. Wade has re-illuminated our ultimate goal of criminalizing abortion, for no human rights injustice should be legal. The inevitable question, which already arose at our press conference preceding the National March for Life, is whose actions we want criminalized. Are we going to [...]

admin2022-06-13T08:44:32-04:00June 13, 2022|Abortion, Josie Luetke|

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